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King bestows Award, elects
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POLICE NEWS
Robberies Captured on Video
Portland Police Bureau Rob
bery Detectives, in cooperation
with Crime Stoppers, are asking
for your help in identifying and
apprehending a subject who
robbed two convenience stores.
Both robberies were captured
on store survillance cameras.
On Tuesday, November 24,
1998, at approximately three min
utes after midnight, a subject
who simulated a weapon robbed
the 7-11 Store, at 4643 NE Sandy
Boulevard. A little more than
two hours later, at approximately
2:10 A.M., the same subject,
again sim ulating a w eapon,
robbed the Plaid Pantry Store at
1715 NE lb'” Avenue.
The suspect is described as a
light complected, black male in
his twenties. He is approxi
mately 5’09" tall, with a m e
dium build, short Afro-style hair,
and either a slight beard, or
for aiding com m unity livability, with
Stewart’s comments:
H>anckFoxworth,N\irtheast Precinct
com m ando•'‘He has been a longstanding
good cop in northeast Portland. Consid
ering the events o f last sum m er," when
charges o f police misconduct w ere lev
eled against precinct personnel, “it’s im
portant for people to understand how we
feel about him .”
♦Officer Charlie Fender, K ing’s dis
trict liaison o ffic o for the last six years.
“He reminds people ofH arrv Jackson in
the am ount oftim e he spends with neigh
bors. He doesn’tjust drive by in a car.”
♦Friends o f Trees, w hom Stewart
says has helped p lant7 0 0 trees in King in
the last tew years, and w hose members
Video shots taken in store robbery
several days o f unshaven facial
hair.
Crime Stoppers is offering a
cash reward of up to $ 1,000 for
¡information, reported to Crime
Stoppers, which leads to an ar
rest in this case or any unsolved
felony crime, and you need not
give your name. Call Crime
Stoppers at (503) 823-HELP
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the teenagers were runaways at
the time o f their involvement
with the Hightower group.
Gregory Leon Hightower was
indicted for Conspiracy to Com
pel Prostitution, Conspiracy to
Promote Prostitution, 12 counts
o f Compelling Prostitution, 12
counts of Promoting Prostitu
tion, and 2 counts of Rape in the
third Degree. 2 counts of sod
omy in the Third Degree, Ex
convict in Posession o f a Fire
arm and 2 counts of Delivery of
a Controlled Sunstance to a Mi
nor.
W endy Joyce Barnes and
Heather Nicole Baker were both
indicted for Conspiracy to Com
pel Prostitution, Conspiracy to
Promote Prostitution, 12 counts
of Compelling Prostitution and
12 counts of Promoting Prosti
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On February 4, 1999, T hurs
day, Portland Drug and Vice
Division officers conducted a
search warrant of H ightow er’s
residence, 8045 SE Mill St. in
Portland, for evidence o f the
crimes o f Com pelling and Pro
moting Prostitution at which
tim e H ightow er and B arnes
were arrested. Heather Nicole
Barnes was incarcerated in the
Orange County, California, Jail
on unrelated charges at the time
o f herindictm ent in Multnomah
County and will be extradited
to Oregon to face charges at a
future date.
Photographs o f H ightow er,
Barnes and Baker are a v a il
able at the P ortland P olice
Bureau Id en tifica tio n D iv i
sion, 1111 SW Second A ve.,
Rm. 1250, and Portland, O r
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Stewart helped broker the property pur
chase from Jack Chung as a real estate
agent.
♦The Portland Bureau o f Buildings
nuisance department for taking enforce
ment action against derelict absentee-
owned properties. “They m ade owners
fix up their properties or sell them, and in
the process we acquired good new neigh-
bors.”
♦Jennifer Siebold, director o f K ing’s
sub-district one, covering the area
bounded by Northeast M artin Luther
King Jr. Boulevard. Rodney Avenue,
and Ainsworth and W ygant streets. The
small area has an average meeting atten
dance o f 30 people, with every block
represented.
♦Geri Washington andAlanHipolitoof
thelJihanLeagueofPoitland,fortheirwotk
on behalfofK ing's position with regard to
theproposedSouth-NorthljghtRail project
♦LongtiineacthistRkhaidGirvinfDr40
years o f volunteer activity.
♦ Bethel A.M.E. Church, and the Wal-
nutPaikAdvisoiyConimittee.fortheirhelp
in making the Walnut Park public-private
development project a success.
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Three Indicted in Teen
Prostitution Ring
Portland Police Bureau Drug
and Vice investigators have cul
minated a month long investiga
tion by indicting one man and
two women for their roles in
compelling and promoting pros
titution involving at least five
teenage girls from the Portland
area, W ashington and C alifor
nia.
In v e s tig a to rs from the
Gresham Police Department and
the Clackamas County S h eriff s
Office assisted Portland Vice
investigators in conducting and
investigating which lead to the
in d ic tm e n t by M u ltn o m ah
County Grand ju ry o f Gregory
Leon hightower, age 31, Wendy
Jo y ce B arn es, age 30, and
Heather Nicole Baker, age 22,
for th eir roles in acting as
“pimps" to give teenage girls,
ages 13 through 16. Several of
have helped on other neighborhood bet-
tem io it projects.
♦The Portland Bureau ofPatks, for its
help in the ne ighborhood ’ s G reen Spaces
mini-park program
♦Roslyn Hill, proprietor o f R oslyn’s
GardenCoffeeHouseat 1438NE. Alberta
St. “ S he had faith en o u g h in o u r
neighborhoodto com e over here before
the major reinvestment arrived. W e ap
preciate the private sector investments in
our neighborhood as well as the public
improvements."
♦Franciscan Enterprise, a non-profit
corporation specializing in affordable
rental housing. “They followedoumeigh-
borhood plan in every one o f their 30
projects in King; we never had to w orry.
They were the only non-profit operating
here to pay attention to rental housing
needs.”
♦Jane Olberding, developer o f a 40-
unit affordable housing development on
Northeast M artin Luther King Jr. Boule
vard.
♦adidas .America for including the
open Harry Jackson Plaza in its store at
5020 N.E. M artin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
The King Neighborhood Associa
tion will present its annual King A wards
at 7 p.m. W ednesday, February 17 at the
Northeast Precinct C om m unity Room,
445N.E. Emerson St.
The neighborhood group will also
vote to elect a president to replace Fred
Stewart, w ho is retiring from the position
after serving for six years. The following
groups and individuals will receiveawatds
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City Invites Applications For
Charter Review Committee
Applications will be accepted
by the M ayor’s O ffice through
March 1 for fifteen positions
on the C harter Review Com
m ittee, per Section 11.17 o f
the Vancouver City Charter.
“No later than five years af
ter the most recent charter re
view, the m ayor shall appoint,
subject to city council confir
m ation, a panel o f fifteen resi
dents to review the city charter
and to recommend to the city
council in time to be consid
ered for that year’s election,
any charter changes or amend
ments which the panel believes
should be put to a vote o f the
people, and the council shall
th e r e a f te r p la c e any such
am endm ent on the ballot at the
next m unicipal election if a
m ajority o f the city council so
determ ine; provided nothing
herein shall interfere with the
right o f citizens to, by peti
tion, require an election to be
held for any charter am end
ment or to cause a freeholder
election to be held for a pro
posed new city charter, nor
shall it interfere with the right
o f the city council to, at any
tim e, propose and subm it pro
posed charter am endm ents to
the voters.”
For applications, or ques
tio n s , c o n ta c t Jan B a d e r,
M ay o r’s O ffic e , 7 3 5 -8 8 7 0 ,
Fax 696-8049.
Or, stop by V ancouver City
Hall at 210 E. 13,h St.
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Metal sculptures on display
at Water Center
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p e o p le from g e ttin g o u tsid e
to e n jo y n a tu re , but th ey can
s till see s y n o p tic sc u lp tu re s
os sa lm o n , s tu rg e o n , ducks
and o th e r w ild life in sid e The
W ater R e so u rc e s E d u c a tio n
C e n te r. T he s c u lp tu re s are
included in the “ C arving with
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O rla n d o C ox. T he show is
set in the second flo o r art
g a lle ry at the W ater C e n te r,
4 6 0 0 SE C o lu m b ia W ay
th ro u g h F eb ru ary 27, M on
day th ro u g h S a tu rd a y 9 a.m .
to 5 p.m .
C ox w orks w ith an iro n
c u ttin g to rch to c a rv e , cut
and fold iron w ith o u t w e ld
in g s u r f a c e s .
L o c a ll y ,
p eo p le can view his large
sc u lp tu re s o f a n im a l, fish
and p la n ts at A p p le b y ’s on
M ill P lain B o u lev ard . The
a r t i s t c a p i t a l i z e s on h is
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open houses listed below. If you're unable to attend and still w ant to share your
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February 22, 1999
February 23, 1999
February 25, 1999
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Tigard High School
Lecture Hall
9000 SW Durham Road
Tigard, OR 97224
7:00pm - 9:00pm
St. John's Episcopal Church
Parish Hall
2036 SE Jefferson
Milwaukie, OR 97222
7:00pm - 9:00pm
NF. Workforce Training Ctr.
Building 2, Room 112
5600 NE 42nd
Portland, OR 97218
March 1, 1999
March 2, 1999
March 3, 1999
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Portland Building
Room C
1120 SW Fifth Avenue
Portland, OR 97204
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Garden Home Recreation Ctr.
Rtxim B
7475 SW Olsen Road
Portland. OR 9^223
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Gresham City Hall
Council Chambers
1333 NW Eastman Pkwy.
Gresham, OR 97030
County Tests Broadcast Fax System
C la r k C o u n ty is t e s t i n g its b r o a d c a s t f a x in g s e r v ic e fo r u se d u r in g e m e r g e n
c i e s , a n d to q u i c k l y u p d a te th e m e d ia on r o a d c o n d it io n s w h e n we a re e x p e r i
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